Young heart surgery survivors help others in need

FOUR of the country’s bravest children who’ve received life-saving heart operations are now giving others a unique chance to lead healthy, fun-filled lives.

Funds left over from the hole in the heart surgery trust in Kilkenny will now help finance a machine which will keep other children's hearts and lungs working, long after they've had their surgery.

Among those who helped hand over a cheque for more than €21,000 to Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin yesterday was one very special boy little Bobby Maher.